It was late night by the time Song Ji Hwan came back to the Song Mansion, looking exhausted.

He was slowly heading towards his room as other members in the house were already fast asleep.

"Does your girlfriend tire you out so much?" A voice suddenly startled Song Ji Hwan and he almost tripped.

"Hyung, you are still awake?" Song Ji Hwan almost shouted seeing Song Ji Hun enter the mansion.

"I wasn't able to fall asleep so was taking a walk in the garden. Seeing you back home, I just thought of greeting you" Song Ji Hun calmly explained.

"Good that you are awake, I need to tell you something very important"

Song Ji Hwan, who spent hours with the Kims knowing their whole plan on how to propose to Kiaraa was anxious to share every bit of information with his elder brother.

Earlier, he assumed Song Ji Hun must have slept so he planned to share everything the next day while worrying of how he will fall asleep until then but now his problem was solved.

"Hmm, what is it?" Song Ji Hun casually asked.

Song Ji Hwan held his brother's arm and pulled him back to the garden and informed him of everything that happened at the Kim Mansion.

Song Ji Hun calmly listened to everything, there was no change in his expression no matter what Song Ji Hwan said.

After a point Hwan wondered if Song Ji Hun is even listening to him or not.

Then another wild thought came into his mind - 'Did he move on from Kiaraa?'

Nevertheless, Song Ji Hwan shared Ian's whole plan with Song Ji Hun.

"Is that why you were late?" Song Ji Hun asked.

"Hmm, the Kims are mad, they made me sit through their whole plan and even took my opinion and inputs" Song Ji Hwan frustratedly informed his brother.

Song Ji Hun slightly smiled, "Hope you gave them some good inputs"

"Hyung, what happened to you? Are you not upset?" Hwan asked him surprisingly.

"Why will I be upset?" Song Ji Hwan took out a cigarette to smoke.

"Your love rival is going to ask out the girl you are in love with. How can you not be upset?"

Song Ji Hun took a puff from his cigarette and coolly answered, "Even if I don't like it, I can't do anything about it. What can I do? Stop them? How?"

Song Ji Hun took another puff and after a few seconds he said, "I expected Ian to confess his feelings long back, I am rather surprised he waited until now"

"Are you not in love with Kiaraa anymore? You moved on?" Song Ji Hwan asked his brother.

"I still like her and I'll always will but that doesn't mean I can control her feelings. If she too likes Ian and if there are chances of Ian's proposal being successful tomorrow, what can I do?" Song Ji Hun asked his brother.

"Are you giving up without trying?" Song Ji Hwan felt his heart wrench in pain seeing his brother talking like this.

Song Ji Hun took a deep breath and threw away his cigarette, "Honestly Hwan, I too don't know what I am going to do. It would be painful to see Kiaraa with some other man but I can't force her to be with me, right? At the end of the day what she wants and her happiness is what matters to me. If she wants to be with Ian, I won't come in her way"

Song Ji Hwan was not sure what to say or feel hearing the matured words coming from his brother.

After a long pause, he said, "Hyung, you are a nice man"

Song Ji Hun lightly smiled, "I am not as good as you think I am"

Song Ji Hwan didn't say a word and tightly hugged his brother.

He then suddenly said, "Although Ian is my best friend and I wish him all the happiness in the world, I truly hope Kiaraa crushes his heart tomorrow"

Song Ji Hun laughed hearing his brother's wish.

"Let's see what happens"

..

Next day Song Ji Hun couldn't concentrate on anything.

His mind kept drifting to the upcoming proposal by Ian and he couldn't stop wondering what would be Kiaraa's reaction and what will happen tonight.

No matter how hard he tried to not think about it, his heart kept feeling anxious.

By evening he was so frustrated that he took the car and drove to the amusement park by himself.

Song Ji Hwan saw his brother leave in the car from his room gallery and smiled to himself.

..

Dressed in a white shirt, black pants and a black casual coat, Ian looked extremely handsome.

He checked himself out in the mirror for umpteenth time and applied gel in his hair in the right amount and used the most expensive perfume he specially bought for tonight.

"You can do it, Ian. Everything will be great, don't worry" He cheerfully told himself.

"Are you going to stay here forever?" Sa Da Hye, who suddenly entered her son's room mocked him teasingly.

"I am just checking myself out for the last time before leaving" Ian smiled at his mother and nervously rubbed his palms against each other.

"Kiaraa must be waiting for you, don't make her wait any longer" Sa Da Hye said.

"Yeah, I won't. Wish me luck mom" Ian kissed his mother's cheek.

"Best of luck my son, now go and start the process of making Kiaraa my future daughter-in-law" Sa Da Hye cheerfully teased him before adding, "Today, after she says yes, go to some secure place to make out with her and don't get caught" Sa Da Hye teased him even more, making Ian blush.

"Stop it, mom" Ian face-palmed himself and left in the car for Lee Mansion.

..

Kiaraa was dressed in a casual red shirt and black jeans, she was waiting in the living room for Ian's arrival.

"I still don't understand why are you two going out so late at night?" Lee Myung Soo complained for the fifteenth time, not hiding his displeasure about Ian taking out Kiaraa at this hour.

"Dad, I already told you, he is treating me for scoring such amazing marks in my CSAT. It is like a small party." Kiaraa explained.

"Then why are only you two attending it? Why is Song Ji Hwan not attending? He too got good scores on his CSAT. Shouldn't he be treated too? Why such special treatment only for you?" Lee Myung Soo threw back-to-back questions at his daughter, who was speechless as she too was not sure why Ian was only treating her.

After thinking for a few minutes, she tries to reason out, "Maybe the boys have a separate party for themselves and to not make me feel left out, Ian is treating me in advance"

"Is that really the case or is this your assumption?" Lee Myung Soo suspiciously raised his eyebrows at his daughter as he was not convinced by this explanation.

"That is indeed the case" Kiaraa confidently said to get her dad off her back.

"If so, then fine but if not.."

"Dad, I am not going out with some stranger. I am going out with Ian, Kim Ian, my best friend. You should really chill and stop overthinking. I am not going on a date" Kiaraa frustratedly interrupted her father.

"Good you know that. Look Kiaraa, I am very serious about one thing, you are not allowed to date Ian, at all" Lee Myung Soo reiterated.

"Dad, I am not interested in him, chill" Kiaraa rolled her eyes at her father and just then a car entered the Lee Mansion premises.

Sighing in relief that Ian has finally arrived, Kiaraa kissed her father goodbye and rushed outside.

As soon as Ian's car stopped in front of her, she hopped in the front passenger seat next to him, fastened her seat belt and ordered, "Let's go fast before my dad starts troubling you"

Ian chuckled at her reaction and quickly turned the car around and the two people left for their destination.

"Why does your dad hate me so much?" Ian playfully asked her.

"You are not the only one, he hates every guy who roams around me and Aera. Just a typical father thing" Kiaraa truly believed this.

"Hmm, I hope he starts liking me" Ian muttered to himself but they were the only ones in the car, so Kiaraa heard him clearly.

"Why does it even matter?" Kiaraa casually said and played rock music in the car.

'It matters as he is going to be my future father-in-law" Ian thought, controlling himself from saying it out aloud.

The drive lasted for around forty minutes before the two people reached the amusement park.

"Amusement Park, at this hour?" Kiaraa looked surprised seeing where Ian brought her as in some time it would be the closing time of this amusement park.

Earlier, he told her he is going to give her a surprise so she was unaware of where they were going.

"Yeah, here is the surprise I told you about" Ian winked at Kiaraa and like a gentleman opened the car door for her to get down.

Although, confused at the situation, Kiaraa decided to trust him and the two people entered the amusement park.